Title 47, Telegraphs, Telephones, and RadiotelegraphsRelease 119-102

§408 Order Not for Payment of Money; When Effective

Title 47 › CHAPTER 5 — WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › SUBCHAPTER IV — PROCEDURAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › § 408

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Unless the chapter says otherwise, Commission orders that are not for payment of money start thirty calendar days after the order is publicly announced, unless the Commission sets a different start date. Those orders stay in effect for the time the order says or until the Commission or a court with proper authority replaces them with a new order.

Full Legal Text

Title 47, §408

Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all orders of the Commission, other than orders for the payment of money, shall take effect thirty calendar days from the date upon which public notice of the order is given, unless the Commission designates a different effective date. All such orders shall continue in force for the period of time specified in the order or until the Commission or a court of competent jurisdiction issues a superseding order.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, known as the Communications Act of 1934, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1982—Pub. L. 97–259 substituted provision that all orders of the Commission but for payment of money shall take effect thirty calendar days from the date upon which public notice of the order is given, unless the Commission designates a different

Effective Date

, and that such orders shall continue in force for the period of time specified in the order or until the Commission or a court of competent jurisdiction issues a superseding order, for provision that such orders would take effect within such reasonable time, not less than thirty days after service of the order, and would continue in force until its further order, or for a specified period of time, as prescribed in the order, unless the same were suspended or modified or set aside by the Commission, or suspended or set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction.

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Citation

47 U.S.C. § 408

Title 47, Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102